Garden Lunch on Friday for Students ONLY!

I spoke to many of you saying the lunch was for families. Yes, I'm the newbie and got it wrong- again!

So... The lunch is at 12:00, but only for kids.

1:45 is the ceremony and FOR FAMILIES.

Many thanks for your flexibility!

Room 20 Weekly Notes June 10-14

I want to thank you all for the privilege of being your child's teacher. We have discovered much this year! We have gone on journeys starting in the stars and ending in a cell. We have discovered inventors and learned why we declared independence from England. This week, all Woodsrunner information will be turned in on Tuesday. We will also have a quiz on invertebrates. In math, we work with percentages based on sales and products. We end FLASH on Wednesday. We will finish up our poetry book and have a poetry reading on Wednesday and, if needed, Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon will be spent with our buddy classroom- Ms. Logue. We need help to pass out watermelon on Thursday from 1:30-2:00. I know many of you are volunteering for Friday's 5th Grade Promotion, but we could sure use a couple volunteers for Thursday afternoon. 12:00 is lunch ONLY FOR STUDENTS. 1:45 is the Promotion celebration FOR FAMILIES. I hope EVERYONE can come! For homework this week, all activities will be catch-up. This is primarily writing, but may include science vertebrates/invertebrates and MATH FACTS. All writing assignments must be in by Thursday. Most of our class will have homework at least on Monday and Tuesday nights, depending on what your child needs to finish.

Fifth Grade Promotion Reminder

We will be having a lunch and Fifth Grade Promotion this Friday.

Here is what the day will look like:

10:30 All school assembly to recognize fifth graders.

12:00 Lunch is at in garden for students and parents. We have had many parents helping out and volunteering their services. Thank you parents!

This is students only!

1:45-2:45 Fifth Grade Promotion Assembly for fifth grades and families only.

Equivalent Fractions and Decimals

Today we used a meter stick to be our number line and worked in small groups to place decimals and fractions of different and equivalent value.

Easy CBM

http://www.pps.or.easycbm.com/

American Revolution Vocabulary Activities

http://quizlet.com/14143212/american-revolution-vocabulary-test-flash-cards/ 

Essay of the Week Due Friday June 7th: "Where Do I Come From?"

Interview two or more family members. You do not need to ask the same question to both. Make sure you try to call or speak with one of your oldest relatives. Now genealogy can be a complex subject, so keep it simple. You will be writing down the answers as they answer them, unless you record your conversation. You may wish to make a diagram or a simple family tree. Try to get exact information about your culture/s:


1. What is culture?
2. Where exactly does our family come from?
3. What are some of our family's cultural traditions we DO NOT practice?
4. What are some cultural traditions we DO practice?
5. What is your favorite part of our culture?
6. If I wanted to learn more about my culture or cultures, whom do you suggest I talk to or where should I go?

**Draw or Print out an important symbol of your culture. Be prepared to speak about it during class on Friday.

I'm really looking forward to this!

Homework Due Friday: Invertebrates Assignment

Invertebrates assignment will be in-class, not homework

Room 20 Classroom Notes June 3-7

I had a great time this weekend at the Woodstock Farmer's Market. Be there on Sundays!!  In reading, we will be finishing "The Woodsrunner" and "If You Lived During the American Revolution." We started a video about the Mayflower, which showed what life was like in Europe and why people chose to risk it all to come to the New World. We will do a timeline, showcasing when Native Americans came to what we now call the United States, the first settlers in Jamestown and a bit later on the Mayflower, and the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War. We will have a test on The American Revolution on Friday- study guide will be circulated on Monday. We will have a decimals test Thursday. We finish our exploration about decimals this week. This week we work with and show ten-thousandths! It's difficult to continue looking at a 1,000 x 1,000 grid, but that's what it takes! We are collecting all of our writing this year. There are seven major writing pieces that will be placed in a hard copy and digital portfolio. These can be transfered to MS Word or Pages for posterity. We will also, per Ms. Jamesbarry's suggestion, start a memory book. Students will get one page to draw, write or paste anything they want on it. At the end of the week, we will amass them and copy it into a book for the kids so they might remember each other, Lewis, and of course, room 20. In our family life and sexual health lessons, we will be learning about self-esteem, puberty, and the reproductive system. For science, we will be creating a similar mini-poster of an INVERTEBRATE in class this week. Instructions will be given out on Monday. We will have one last weekly essay for the year due Friday. By the way, these essays have been amazing! Our kids have grown so much as writers! This week's topic: Who are you? Where do you come from? We have all, at one time, come from different parts of the world. I want you to interview your parents/relatives and ask questions about where your family comes from and any additional information. I will send home an organizer on Monday. This is to help you discover something about yourself and family members before you move to the middle school experience. I want you to get a better sense of who you are. We will also have nightly math and Social Studies homework. To recap: essay due Friday. Nightly math and social studies HW due next day. I hope you have a great week!